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Watch PDC Unfold Live – Courtesy CH9!

2009-11-17T23:29:02Z

For those of you not at PDC that want to keep up-to-date with the announcements, we’re covering PDC live for 20+ hours over the next three days!

We have an all-star lineup of guests including Mark Russinovich, Patrick Dussud, Steve Marx, Bob Muglia, Dave Campbell, Yousef Khalidi, Ray Ozzie, Erik Meijer, Kurt DelBene, Scott Guthrie, Don Box, Chris Anderson, Gary Flake, Carl Franklin & Richard Campbell (.NET Rocks).

· To watch, go to www.microsoftpdc.com

· To participate, send a tweet to @ch9live

Gotta love geekdom!

-Mithun Dhar

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Watch the Underground @ PDC Live on your computer…

2009-11-16T01:13:05Z

Can't Make it to PDC but still wanted to join in the fun? The online versoin of The Underground@PDC party is the event for you. We will be streaming the event live at http://undergroundAtPDC.com

Don't miss presentations by Scott Gu and others LIVE online.

***If you are in the SoCal area follow @UndergroundPDC on twitter, where we will be tweeting a few RSVP codes to get you into the in-person event

*** Event Details
See the future of Developer Technology at The Underground @ PDC 2009, sponsored by INETA, Microsoft and local Southern California partners.
The Underground will showcase the vision and roadmap of Microsoft’s Developer Platform and highlight newly released technical strategy & announcements direct from The Professional Developers Conference by Microsoft leaders and local community luminaries. Located at the world famous Conga Room in the new downtown Los Angeles’ entertainment district – L.A. LIVE

This is going to be one heck of a partaaay!!

-Mithun Dhar

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Wolfram integration matters…

2009-11-13T10:17:20Z

Bing is awesome! Here’s my most recent query…

We really don’t need search overload for 90% of the queries.

Bing = Simple = Efficient = The right choice!

-Mithun Dhar

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Yours truly…

2009-11-11T07:39:40Z

…now Serving Idaho and Oregon!

As most of you already know, my colleague Jason Mauer was affected with the recent layoff’s at Microsoft. Jason helped me manage the PacWest district which includes, AK, WA, ID and OR states. With Jason gone, I’ll be your Developer Evangelist for the Pac West region.

Please feel free to contact me via my email address, twitter (@mithund) or via my blog. Most of you already have my details and Portland or Idaho are no new communities to me. We’ve been working together for the past few years and I know most of you in the community already. But in case I’ve missed any of you, let’s reconnect!

I am happy to be a part and help you with any community events like BarCamps, Code Camps, Cloud Camps, etc that you might be working to put together!

Also, I am the Editor for the Pac West MSDN Flash Newsletter. If you’d like to promote your events, User Groups, etc to the broader community via the newsletter, let me know.

Looking forward to working with you all…

Your neighborhood evangelist

here:

and here,

and here…

Regards,

Mithun Dhar

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Windows Server 2008 R2 – Developer Training Kit!

2009-11-09T19:06:28Z

So you attended the Launch Event(s) and wanted to learn more about R2 but never knew where to start – classic predicament! Here’s your answer: We just announced two great resources for you to get started…

New R2 Learning Center

Explore this significant Windows Server release via a self-paced training course of videos and hands-on-labs with a focus on performance, web, management, and other server solution scenarios. Learn about developing applications for “many-core” scale, enable efficient “trigger-started” services, explore new Windows PowerShell features, create integrated solutions with the File Classification Infrastructure, and build Web Platform extensions.

New R2 Developer Training Kit – Learning Center Edition

Developer Training Kit.

The kit includes self-paced hands-on-lab exercises with corresponding video resources on the new Channel9 Learning Center. Topics include:

· “Many-Core” Application Scale

· VHD and Hyper-V API’s

· Designed for Efficiency

· Extreme Web Services

· The Extensible Web Platform

-Mithun Dhar

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Impatient Optimists…

2009-10-28T03:38:13Z

The world’s a lot better because of people like Bill Gates. The foundation has done so much good for the world. It’s always the ‘few of us’ that change the ‘most of us’ in this world.

Watch this video and you’ll understand what I’m saying…

-Mithun Dhar

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Mouse 2.0 as we see it…

2009-10-27T20:30:50Z

Well, I’d have christened it a bit differently. I’d have perhaps called it the Mouse 3.0 or even 4.0…but here’s what WE mean by the next generation mouse.

You can read more about it here in the Research Papers that was published a few days ago: http://www.microsoft.com/appliedsciences/mouse20.mspx

The future’s more friendly!

-Mithun Dhar

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Windows 7 Launch – Watch it at a computer near you!

2009-10-26T06:02:18Z

Experience The New Efficiency Microsoft Launch Event Live from San Diego October 26th Virtually!
www.thenewefficiency.com/live

View and download 18 IT Professional and Developer focused live sessions from San Diego starting at 9am PDT October 26th. Focusing on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Exchange Server 2010, you can listen to Microsoft experts, download valuable resources and explore the live launch event "virtually".

Mark your calendars

Click below for more details…

Hope to see you tomorrow, virtually!

-Mithun Dhar

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Twitter search now on Bing!

2009-10-21T19:36:01Z

Click on the image above for more information.

http://bing.com/twitter

-Mithun Dhar

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Interact 1st year anniversary! Come celebrate with us…

2009-10-21T07:32:09Z

Interact is turning 1 year today! And, this user group is celebrating it in style. They have a Adobe vs Microsoft smack down. Well, to be more specific,

This month Ryan Stewart from Adobe and Adam Kinney from Microsoft are taking on ‘Designer and Developer Workflow’ Here’s an excerpt:

Designer and Developer Workflow

Is it a myth? Marketing lingo? Or could it be real with the help of powerful tools?

Listen in as Ryan Stewart from Adobe and Adam Kinney from Microsoft discuss the workflow concept from their respective point of views. Ryan will demonstrate how Flash Catalyst works within the Flash Platform development cycle. Adam will show how Expression Blend fits into the Silverlight development workflow

I’ll be there. Come join us…

Venue/Time/Etc…

WHEN
Date: Wednesday, Oct 21th, 2009
Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm PAC
WHERE
Bellevue Place
10500 NE 8th St.
Bellevue, WA 98004

http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&where1=10500%20NE%208th%20St%2C%20Bellevue%2C%20WA%2098004-4345&encType=1

Cost
Attendence: Free.
Parking: Free.

Come join the fun! :)

-Mithun Dhar

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Visual Studio 2010 & .NET 4 Framework Beta-2 Announced, Launching on March 22nd 2010…

2009-10-19T17:14:27Z

Not all Mondays wake me with a smile. However, today I woke up knowing that I’ll be able to download and play with Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2. Developers subscribing to MSDN can fully experience the Beta2 and .NET 4 for themselves by visiting MSDN To download it. The rest of you should subscribe to MSDN sooner to get premium access or wait till October 21st where you can download it from Microsoft Downloads.

The following Visual Studio 2010 SKU’s are available: Professional, Premium, Ultimate, Test Essentials, Team Foundation Server, and Team Lab Management. The Key New SKU’s in this release are:

· Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN: the comprehensive suite of application lifecycle management tools for software teams to ensure quality results from design to deployment.

· Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Premium with MSDN: a complete toolset for developers to deliver scalable, high quality applications.

· Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional with MSDN: the essential tool for professional development tasks to assist developers in implementing their ideas easily. (Note: Visual Studio 2010 Professional will also be available without MSDN subscription)

For more information on the new packaging, licensing, and pricing of Visual Studio 2010 and MSDN, see Visual Studio.

Download: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta

‘What’s new’ Feature walk through:

Here’s a really good walkthrough of ‘What’s new’ in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework Beta 2: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/dd441784.aspx

Finally, Here’s a Channel 9 Video that talks about downloading and installing Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2:

10-4 Episode 33: Downloading and Installing Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2

(If you don’t already follow, here’s 10-4’s home on Channel 9: http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/)

The actual launch date of VS2010 is scheduled for March 22nd 2010. Beta 2 is a significant progress as we inch closer to the launch.

-Mithun Dhar

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Windows 7 Launch Presentations…

2009-10-15T08:23:12Z

Thank you everyone for attending the Windows 7 launch events in Seattle, WA and Portland, OR. As promised, here are the slides from the presentations, demos, demo code, demo snippets, demo notes to follow soon.

Session 1 – Taskbar and Jumplist – Windows 7

Jumplist & Taskbar - Session 1 Win7 Launch

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Session 1b – Trigger Start Services, Troubleshooting Platform, Libraries

Taking_Your-Application_To_The_Next_Level - Windows 7

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Sessions 2 – Sensor and Location Platform

Beyond_Human_Interaction - Sensor and Location Platform

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Session 3 – Multi-touch and Ribbon

Building_The_Next-Generation_UI - Multitouch and Ribbon

View more presentations from mithund.

I had an absolute blast doing these events. I hope you enjoyed it too! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me.

-Mithun Dhar

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Live Essentials: Movie Maker? Do you have it already!

2009-10-14T03:13:25Z

I Love the new Windows Live Movie Maker. If you already haven’t tried it: http://download.live.com/moviemaker (And, it ain’t gonna cost you a cent! It’s FREE!)

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-Mithun Dhar

Make your own Ringtone in Windows 7….

2009-10-13T21:43:22Z

I can’t tell you how refreshing, crisp and nice Windows 7 is. The Windows team blog put out this great post today about another cool hidden gem in Windows 7. Ringtone Editor! Watch the video below to see how easy it is to make a custom Ringtone for your mobile phone. This feature is available in all flavors of Windows 7.

Click the image below to learn more about the Ringtone Editor in Windows 7.

More information: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Create-and-assign-a-ringtone-for-your-mobile-phone-using-Device-Stage

-Mithun Dhar

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Exchange Server 2010 – Webcasts to help you get started…

2009-10-13T05:43:02Z

Last week Exchange 2010 was Released to Manufacturing! So for developers it is high time to get ready for this exciting release :) Exchange 2010 has some important API changes and it’s important that you understand them. Channel 9 just released a videocast series about these changes and it also includes some of the cool new Exchange Web Services Managed API 1.0.

Here is the link for you to get started: http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/cmayo/Exchange-2010-and-Exchange-Web-Services-Whats-New-Webcasts/
If you haven’t already started upgrading your applications to Exchange Web Services now is a good time as several older Exchange API’s like WebDav, Store Events, CDO 3.0 and the Exchange OLE DB Provider will be depricated.

In order to help you prepare for these changes, the Exchange Platform team will conduct a series of Level 400 webcasts. Please sign up to view these webcasts:

10/13/2009 08:00 AM Pacific - Migrating Applications to Exchange Web Services

10/14/2009 08:00 AM Pacific - A Deep Dive into Using Autodiscover Service in Exchange Web Services

10/15/2009 08:00 AM Pacific - A Deep Dive into Impersonation and Delegation in Exchange Web Services

10/20/2009 08:00 AM Pacific - A Deep Dive into Exchange Web Services Notifications (Push/Pull)

10/21/2009 08:00 AM Pacific - A Deep Dive into the Exchange Web Services Managed API

10/22/2009 08:00 AM Pacific - Best Practices for Building Scalable Exchange Server Applications

If you have any specific questions, be sure to send em my way.

-Mithun Dhar

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